Cross-Cultural Course "LIVING AND WORKING IN THE UK"

by Louise Wiles

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This course can be used as:

• a self-assessment program that potential expatriates can take to decide if moving to the UK will work for them and their families
• a full cross-cultural course that offers expats and business leaders information they need to understand in order to succeed in the UK

So are you...

• Considering relocation to the UK?
• Preparing for a move or a business trip to the UK?
• Already living in the UK but finding aspects of the UK culture surprisingly challenging?

 The UK is a small island with a big international presence. London, alongside New York is one of the worlds’ largest financial centres and has the largest number of international visitors of any city in the world.

 Comprised of four countries and home to over two hundred different nationalities the UK has a truly international representation. And with this in mind I invite you to develop your understanding of the country that resides beneath this international profile.

What are the cultural norms, beliefs and values of the typical person from the UK? This programme provides a general overview and useful insights. These are offered as a starting point for your personal cultural discovery.

Understanding a national culture has been described as being a bit like peeling an onion, you reveal one layer only to discover another. Part of that discovery involves understanding your own cultural origins, beliefs and values, reflecting on the similarities and differences and developing strategies for bridging or negotiating the gaps. This course will help you do exactly that.

My name is Louise Wiles and I am British, English in fact. I have lived abroad for most of the last 14 years and am currently living in Portugal. Through my business, Success Abroad Coaching, I provide support to people relocating, helping them to overcome the challenges of relocation enabling them to build successful and happy lives in their new locations.

Arriving in a new country is always exciting but at the same time disorientating. I know from personal experience. I also know that it can take time to develop an understanding and appreciation for the new culture.  Success abroad is facilitated through developing appropriate coping strategies and cultural intelligence and this is why I have joined forces with Margarita Gokun Silver from the Global Coach Center to offer this course on Living and Working in the UK -- the course that: 

•    provides you with a foundation of what the UK is all about
•    through the Culture Mastery Process helps you understand the gap between your way of thinking and that of the majority of people of the UK
•    equips you with extensive tools to negotiate the difference
•    blends cross-cultural information with a coaching approach to understanding and becoming successful in any culture.

I am convinced that every expat, every business traveler, and every international business will benefit from cross cultural training, but for various reasons not all can have effective in-person training. And that’s why we decided to make “LIVING AND WORKING IN THE UK” available on line.

So whether you are living in the UK, preparing to move there, take business trips, or work with colleagues in the UK — you can take “LIVING AND WORKING IN THE UK” course and know what awaits you and how to deal with it.

WE OFTEN GET ASKED: why would I buy this course if I can find information on the internet for free?

Two reasons:

I. If you simply want to learn about the do's and don'ts of the country, you can, in fact, buy a book or search through a variety of internet resources.  However, if

...you want to know how to successfully interact with people

...you want to learn what motivates them

...you want to learn how to manage them effectively,

...you want to know how to communicate and how not to communicate,

you'll need to know their prevalent cultural blueprint as well as your own!  Both will become clear to you as you test yourself through our Culture Mastery Module's 11 cultural variables and then compare your score with that of the country you are going to.   

This depth of information isn't available on the internet.

II.  Once you know your cultural blueprint and their cultural blueprint -- and once you compare the two -- you will discover gaps.  Our course teaches you how to negotiate those gaps with the use of Culture Mastery process that includes:

•    the co-active coaching model
•    the neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) tools
•    the systems and relationship approach

You won't find that on the internet either.

WHAT DO YOU GET?

 
This “LIVING AND WORKING IN THE UK” course consists of eight chapters of information, a video file, and an audio podcast:

•    Audio 1 and Chapter 1:  Managing Culture Shock
A unique approach to handling Culture Shock in any situation.  Three handy tools to carry with you whenever you move and change cultures.

•    Video 2/Chapter 2: The National Culture of the UK
A video-presentation featuring photos from all over the UK, accompanied by a recording that will tell you about the National Culture of the UK.

•    Chapter 3: The proverbs of the UK
Country’s proverbs can tell a lot about the country.  This chapter contains proverbs that will help you understand the UK.

•    Chapter 4: The Corporate Culture
Doing business in the UK?  Managing staff?  If you are going to work in the UK, you’d want to familiarize yourself with what to expect when doing business. Locals in the UK have their own and unique business style affecting decision-making, the way they conduct meetings and their working style.

•    Chapter 5: Culture Mastery -- Your Cultural Blueprint
Learn about your own cultural preferences.  How do you compare within the eleven cultural variables?

•    Chapter 6: The UK Cultural Blueprint
Learn about the UK cultural variables.  How wide is the gap between you and them?

•    Chapter 7: Culture Mastery -- Adjusting Your Cultural Habits
Manage the gap you discovered in the previous chapter.  Enjoy the variety of coaching and training exercises to close the gap and, thus, become more effective in the UK.

•    Chapter 8: Culture Mastery -- Cultural Negotiation and Alliances

Excellent tools for those gaps that are not so easy to close.

This wealth of information is available to you anytime, anywhere and for the fraction of the cost of traditional cross-cultural training courses .

CAN I PREVIEW THIS COURSE?

If you are considering a purchase of this course for a few people in your company, a complimentary preview login is available. Please contact us here to request your login.

HOW MUCH DOES THE COURSE COST COST?

Cross-Cultural training is usually expensive — it can run anywhere between $500 and $2000 dollars — and that’s why most of the time your company would have to provide it.  Yet companies often decide to economize on this part of the expatriate experience and very few expats get the benefit of a real cross-cultural training.

Business travelers and companies doing business in the UK almost never get the benefit of a cross-cultural training.  Yet this training is essential to their success.

That's why we have created this online course and that's why we are making it affordable.  The training we are offering you on-line is available for $199.  This includes FREE short e-mail consultations with the course creators in the first 30 days after purchasing the course.

Register here.

WHEN DOES THE COURSE TAKE PLACE?

Your choice entirely!

The course materials are stored on a server for you to access and learn whenever you want.  There is no expiration date, no class to be late for, and no time zones to negotiate.  Just log in and study as many times as you want. 

HOW DO I SIGN UP?

Signing up is hassle-free! Just click HERE and you will be taken to the Global Coach Center Academy where you can enroll in the course.  Once you are there, just register for the Academy and pay with PayPal (you can choose to pay via your PayPal account or with your credit card) and that’s it.

Don’t wait. REGISTER NOW.

Moving to and working in the UK doesn’t have to be a stressful experience.  Go prepared — get ready with our LIVING AND WORKING IN THE UK on-line course.

STILL NOT SURE?

• How much do you think you are worth?

• And how much is being at your creative best and being stress-free worth to you?

• How much making a cultural miscalculation can hurt your business?